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Show valley m, nm no wmimi ' x to honor mm mm e? 1773 L c Library arid Non-Denominational Church Will Rise on Broad Acres Near Philadelphia Celebration L Arranged for June to Mark ISC'i'n Ytcr r: V:.. ': 'A '" S. '' - ' , K ': .:. i U - --..-.. . ' . t i - . o f n v - - -5 " - , ' i L S3 t' ' . Z WW? IkSL . I I tt:trf?wjm$K$ jrn Washington s Headquarters and ' I ': :--f ' " Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. ' - The Walk Approaching the Arch J '.vi M ; Hcs Been Chemically Treated. , ' i ; jsssajfii.-:! tammiM for which will be laid June 19, 192S, f f 'fi-.hii J i ?sif as the closinq feature of the Sesqui- awSJ.-SlilSl ntvtw Centennial observance. i' -l -. II"-toi onlv will line a place on tevJav ... r'ir '..':: Sqgx.rxn the library suelves. Lach state will K0sP. rv-v .';. i vfej be represented bv works dealing with i the h bton of that stale and the II- ' : : , v; : :"-; brarv will have, theretore. 4s alcoves. , ' a I Vallev Forge continues to be the j3 Jy y center of interest ot thousands and Xj 1 111 na55& o thousands of visitors from every sec- tmn nf tlin rnnnti'v n wpll n from i VALLEY FORGE, scene of the Continental Army's martyrdom and heroism in the depressing ('ays of 1777 and 177S, will furnish the background for a great national observance ob-servance of the 150th anniversary. Imposing memorials are planned for the big cantonment outside of Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, chiefly a Washington Memorial Memo-rial Library and a Washington Memorial Memo-rial Church, uon-denomiuational. While the details for the celebration have not yet been announced, it Is believed that they will be most comprehensive com-prehensive and picturesque, including participation first of all by the thirteen thir-teen original states and then by all forty-eight states. The Washington memorials will rise on the site of the Zulich mansion, destroyed de-stroyed last spring by fire. The Rev. W. Herbert Burk, founder and rector of the Washington Memorial Chapel, has received assurances of gifts that will make the memorials possible. His congregation has bought a site covering 15 acres tor the buildings and an unidentified donor has promised funds for the Library, the cornerstone Washington s Headquarters and Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. The Walk Approaching the Arch J Has Been Chemically Treated. , i for which will be laid June 19, 192S, as the closing feature of the Sesqul-Centennial Sesqul-Centennial observance. Historv onlv will have a place on the library suelves. Lach state will be represented bv works dealing with the historv of that stale and the II- ' brarv will have, theretore. 4s alcoves. , Vallev Forge continues to be the center of interest ot thousands and thousands of visitors from every sec- tion of the countrv, as well as from i abroad. Railroads and auiomobile bus companies com-panies regularly run excursions to the famous old shrine of patriotism aud on Sundays and holidays even the broad acres of Valley Forge are taxed for space by the huge throngs. lu addition many visitors travel by private pri-vate motor cars over the excellent roads, kept in splendid condition by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All roads to Valley Forge run through a landscape of remarkable beauty, artists agree, and these roads are treated, as necessity arises, with chemicals, especially calcium chloride, -to lay the dust. (July VI miles from Philadelphia, '.he shrine has long been one of the favorite favor-ite objectives for daily excursions for Philadelphians, as well as for visitors to that city who have combined the Valley Forge trip with a tour of other places of historic interest, such as Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House and other relics of the Revolution. Revolu-tion. That interest is expected to be stim-- . ulated by the forthcoming celebration. |
